Cycling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the seventh appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held from 4 to 13 August 1966.
The track events took place in the National Stadium in the Independence Park complex in Kingston. The road race was a 120 miles route, which was won by Peter Buckley for the Isle of Man. He had broken away with forty miles left and won despite having to change a punctured wheel with 18 miles left.
England topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning two gold medals, one silver and one bronze.
Medal table
Medal winners
Road Race Peter Buckley Des Thomson Laurie ByersTime Trial Roger Gibbon Phil Bristow-Stagg Richard Hine Sprint Roger Gibbon Fred Booker Daryl Perkins Individual Pursuit Hugh Porter John Bylsma Richard Hine 10 Miles Scratch Ian Alsop Hilton Clarke Trevor Bull
Results
Road Race (top 16) PosAthleteTime1 Peter Buckley 5:07:52.52 Des Thomson 5:12:11.23 Laurie Byers 5:12:19.84 Malcolm McCredie 5:12:20.45 Dave Kane 5:12:20.76 Colin Lewis 5:12:21.0 7 Morris Foster 5:14:39.68 Dave Nie 5:17:11.79 Billy Bilsland 5:18:30.110 Hugh Porter 5:25:22.2 11 Samuel Watson 5:36:17.9 12 Dominico Muro 5:37:04.113 Joseph Jones 5:39:59.214 Richie Thomson 5:39:59.415 Tino Tabak 5:40:50.6 16 Ray Bilney 5:43:10.0
Individual pursuit (top 16) PosAthleteTime1 Hugh Porter 4:56.62 John Bylsma 4:59.03 Richard Hine 5:03.74 Harry Jackson 5:07.75 Brendan McKeown QF 5:09.35 Graham F. Wright QF 5:21.35 David A. Comparini QF 5:22.85 Douglas P. Lidster QF Caught9 Eddie Smart ht 5:19.59 Colin Lewis ht 5:22.59 Nigel J. Dean ht 5:23.09 Roger Pratt ht 5:23.69 Malcolm McCredie ht 5:23.79 David de Freitas ht 5:24.29 John N. Corkhill ht 5:29.79 Andre Cloutier ht 5:37.9
Time trial (top 16)
PosAthleteTime1 Roger Gibbon 1:09.602 Phil Bristow-Stagg 1:10.903 Richard Hine 1:11.084 Fred Booker 1:11.205 Graham F. Wright 1:11.506 Hilton Clarke 1:11.517 Ian Alsop 1:12.28 Billy Whiteside 1:12.99 Leslie King 1:15.2 9 Dave Comparini 1:15.2 11 Andre Gosselin 1:15.5 12 Nigel J. Dean 1:15.713 David de Freitas 1:15.914 Douglas P. Lidster 1:16.015 Eddie Smart 1:16.016 John Dyer 1:16.1
Sprint (top 16) PosAthlete1 Roger Gibbon 2 Fred Booker 3 Daryl Perkins 4 Hilton Clarke 5 Jeffrey Bruce Linden 5 Dave Watkins 5 Reg Barnett 5 Fitzroy Hoyte 9 Christopher W. Fields 9 Beresford K. Springer 9 Andre Gosselin 9 Andre Cloutier 9 Bryan Phillips 9 John A. Bigwood 9 Donald L. Booth 9 Leslie King
Quarter-final AthleteAthleteScorePerkins Watkins 2–1Gibbon Linden 2–0Clarke Barnett 2–1Booker Hoyte 2–0 Semi finals AthleteAthleteScoreGibbon Clarke 2–0Booker Perkins 2–0 Third place AthleteAthleteScore Perkins Clarke 2–0 Final AthleteAthleteScoreGibbon Booker 2–0
10 miles scratch race PosAthleteTime1 Ian Alsop 21:462 Hilton Clarke 21:463 Trevor Bull 21:474 H. Miranda - Richard Hine - Phil Bristow-Stagg - Michael Stoute - Dan D. Stoute - Christopher W. Fields - Lorenzo A. Zelaya - Kenneth Sutherland - John E. Miguel - Andre Gosselin - Andre Cloutier - Dave Watkins - David de Freitas - Archie Britton - Ernest Potter - Nigel J. Dean - John N. Corkhill - D. Beckford - T. Silvera - Graham F. Wright - John A. Bigwood - Donald L. Booth - Steve Chivers - Morris Foster - Fitzroy Hoyte - Roger Gibbon - Leslie King - John Dyer - Eddie Smart
See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
References